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I mostly do 1/48 USN and British Commonwealth aircraft, all eras. I also have a weakness for WW1 German planes and 1/700 ships.

1/144 DC-6B.

Here’s another one I never shared from the pre social media days. It’s the Minicraft DC-6 from 1997 or 98. I built this one in ‘98 and it was pretty new at the time. I discarded the Pan Am kit decals in favor of these United [...]

1/48 AU-1 Corsair.

This is the Hasegawa kit which was first released around 2001. I built it when it was a brand new release, but never shared it here, or anywhere else for that matter. I actually just unpacked it from a moving box last month. The decals [...]

1/48 Sherman IC Firefly.

This is the Tamiya kit that’s been available for some time. This is the first 1/48 tank that I’ve built since the 1970s. In those days, Bandai made an excellent line of 1/48 armor. Unfortunately, they were also pricey. That put [...]

1/48 Curtiss CW-22B - RNEIAF.

This is the new Dora Wings kit. Truly something that I didn’t think we would see molded to this high of a standard. This is the third Dora Wings kit that I’ve built and was the most enjoyable of the trio. The P-43 and Vengeance were [...]

1/48 F9F-5P PantherKorean War Group Build.

This is the 1990s Monogram kit which was apparently modified from the original -5 fighter molds. Both kits are excellent models. In fact, the Monogram Panther is one of my all time favorite kits. Definitely in the top five. I decided [...]

1/48 AD-4 - Korean War Group Build.

This is the Tamiya A-1H kit backdated to a late model AD-4. The model depicts an aircraft assigned to VA-95 aboard USS Philippine Sea during 1952-53. The main things involved in backdating a Viet Nam era Skyraider to a Korean War AD-4 [...]

1/48 TF-104G

This is the well known Hasegawa kit. I originally bought it with the intention of doing a camouflaged German example using the excellent Victory Models German Starfighter decal set. When I realized that the kit’s “Boelcke Special” [...]

1/35 Centurion Mk. IIIKorean War Group Build.

This is the 1971 Tamiya kit built as “Caughoo” of the 8th King’s Irish Hussars in Korea, 1950. “Caughoo” is notable for destroying a Cromwell that had been previously captured by the North Koreans. I replaced the kit’s awful [...]

1/48 A.VG. Hawk 81a-2, (P-40C).

This is the Airfix P-40B/Hawk 81 kit. The Hawk 81a-2 was an export model created for the RAF that was roughly equivalent to the P-40C, minus the drop tank plumbing. The A.V.G. (Flying Tigers), was equipped with these. This is the second [...]

1/48 Hawker Hurricane IIB.

This is the excellent Hasegawa kit of 1990s vintage. I’ve wanted to do this particular Hurricane for some time and finally got the opportunity when I found this IIB on the vendor tables at a show back in June. BE171 belonged to 17 [...]